Can Jefferson County get a lifeline? Will the immigration law be better? Ask Joey Kennedy

This could be the week the Alabama Legislature throws Jefferson County a financial lifeline -- or not. It also could be the week lawmakers finish revising the draconian, overreaching immigration law into an overreaching, draconian immigration law.

Other hot topics? How about the earring controversy at Hueytown High School. Or, there's the dysfunctional Birmingham Board of Education, snubbing its collective nose at the state Board of Education.

There's never a lack of topics to discuss in the Tuesday live chat with News Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial writer, columnist and blogger Joey Kennedy.